Tijuca Forest and Christ the Redeemer: Which Tour Goes Up

Christ the Redeemer stands on Corcovado, inside Tijuca National Park, but the Tijuca Forest hikes do not go up to it: Itaway Ecotours’ rainforest hike only sees it from Vista Chinesa. To do both in a day, book a tour that includes the statue. LOCAL55 TRAVEL’s city day takes you to Christ the Redeemer with the ticket included, then to Parque Lage in the park, for US$146.00 for two adults on 15 January 2027 (checked November 2026). Since 3 August 2026, replacement work on the statue’s escalators has halved how many people can be up there at once.

The calendar above is LOCAL55 TRAVEL’s Rio de Janeiro: Christ, Selaron Steps, and Tijuca Park Tour, 7 hours from 7:00 AM, with pickup in parts of the South Zone between 6:50 and 7:40 AM. Lunch is not included. Free cancellation runs until 24 hours before.

How you get up to the statue

The park’s own page on visiting Corcovado lists the ways up:

• The Corcovado train, from its station in Cosme Velho.
• The Paineiras-Corcovado vans, from the Paineiras Visitor Centre, Largo do Machado, Copacabana or Barra da Tijuca.
• On foot. ICMBio’s trail from Paineiras is 1.15 km with 260 m of climbing, about 45 minutes, and starts beside the park’s administration behind the Paineiras Visitor Centre. Walking it is free; the ticket to the monument is bought at the Corcovado train’s ticket office at the top. The longer trail from Parque Lage takes new walkers at its gatehouse only until 15:00.
• With an authorised visitor guide.

Ticket prices are left out here. ICMBio’s news item on the trail gives separate high-season and low-season adult figures, and the park’s page sends you to the train and van operators for tickets, so check those on the day.

Sources: Parque Nacional da Tijuca, “Como visitar o Corcovado” (checked November 2026); ICMBio news on the Paineiras-Corcovado trail (updated 26 October 2026); ICMBio, PROV 01/2026.

The escalator works and the capacity cut

Replacement of the escalators up to the statue’s platform began on 3 August 2026. The park says simultaneous capacity at Alto Corcovado, where the statue stands, is cut by 50 percent, and that the limit applies to everyone: train and van passengers, people coming up the trail and groups with visitor guides. Check the park’s page before you buy.

The protocol’s hours: the train runs from 08:00 to 19:00, the last train down (to 20:00 in summer time), and the vans the same hours; tickets for people arriving on foot are sold from 08:00 to 17:00. Pedestrians may not walk the Corcovado road, and drones are not allowed at Corcovado.

Tours that go to the statue

Prices, ratings and review counts from the listings (GetYourGuide checked November 2026). Operators price by date, season and party size, so treat the figures as the shape of the market, not a quote.

GetYourGuide option prices, checked November 2026.

Trio’s hike, the third row, walks up through the forest: it climbs from Cosme Velho past the old Carioca River reservoir and the Emperor’s Bathtub to the Paineiras Visitor Centre, about 5 km with 550 m of climbing, and comes down on the Corcovado train. It starts at 7:30 AM or 2:00 PM from a meeting point, and had 14 reviews in November 2026.

Where to stay near Christ the Redeemer

If you want to be at the statue early, it helps to sleep near where the ways up start.

If you also want the forest hike, check your hotel is on its pickup list: Itaway Ecotours’ rainforest hike collects from named hotels in Copacabana, Ipanema, Leme, Leblon and São Conrado; hotels in Rio de Janeiro covers the areas the tours pick up from.